Down Firing Car Sub Into Carpet

The domino effect starts because of the shaking of the subwoofer box.

Down firing car sub into carpet. A down firing subwoofer box produces a domino effect if placed inside a room. The advantages i saw to down firing was getting the woofer away from my ear the cone was about 15 away when it was direct firing. How do you get perfect carpet seams when wrapping a subwoofer box with carpet. And since the shaking directly affects the floor the floor starts shaking.

Scott wilkinson and chris boylan have an answer. Somewhat like metanium above i have had very positive results using a woofer down firing in my car but that s because i have no trunk. My assumption is that in that case i should specifically avoid a down firing subwoofer because the floor would just absorb the sound. I m really just looking for confirmation that my assumptions are correct.

Since the floors connect to the walls they re also going to shake. I have recently built a center console for a f 350 with 4 8 focal utopia be subs firing down with slot ports firing forward into the dash. Today in the irc chatroom ericduckman wants to know if putting his down firing subwoofer on carpet is going impede the quality of sound. You also have to leave 1 4 to 1 3 of the cones diameter for clearance other wise you will run into cancellation issues.

Of course every install is different but i would have to question the benefit of down firing when used in a car trunk setup. Thanks for any help. This trick works not only for wrapping a sub enclosure. My family room is fairly small 15 x 12 and carpeted.

Find out in this video. The floor is carpet on carpet pad on cement foundation.